Sprinkler.



No. 639,289. 4Patented nec. |'9,`|a99- .1. B. RHODES.

I] SPHINKLER.

` (Application med Apr. 2o, 1899.) {No.ModeL) f 3 Sheets-Sheet 'LPatented Dec. I9, |8991.

.1. B. RHODES.

S P RI N K L E R.

(Application led Apr. 20, 1899.)

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Patented Dec. VI9, |899.

J. B. RHODES.

SPRINKLEH.

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- UNTTsn STATES FATENT Ottica.

LIAY B. RHODES, OF HARVEY, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO FREDERICK C. AUSTIN, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPRINKLER.

SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent No. 639,289, datedDecember 19, 189g. Application filed April 20, 1899. Serial No. 713,737. (No model.)

To all whom. t n2/ay' concern.: cut-off as a whole can be moved in adirection Beit known that I, JAYB. RHODEs,a citizen parallel with theaXis of the rod and sleeve of the United States, residing at Harvey, infor the purpose of establishing or cutting off the county of Cook, Stateof Illinois, have in` the flowof water. Within reach of the driver 55ventedacertain new and usefullmprovement is a lever from which thesleeve can be ad= in Sprinklers, ofwhich the following isaspecijustedthrough the medium of suitable poweriication. A transmitting means orconnection, and upon My invention relates more particularlyto said leveris a treadle or foot-rocker, which a construction of sprinklercomprising aholcan be operated independently of the lever 6o 1o lowsprinkler-head suitably connected with for the purpose of adjusting thecnt-off.

the water-tank of a sprinkling cart or vehicle, Various other detailsserving to increase and having one of its ends open and provided thegeneral eihciency of the sprinkler are with a sliding cap, which islaterally aperhereinafter more fully set forth. tured andadjustablelongitudinallyrelatively In the accompanying drawings, Figurelis 65 to the length of the head for the purpose of a side elevation ofasprinklingcartor vehicle establishing and cutting off the iiow of waterwith my improvements applied thereto. j Fig. and for the further purposeof varying the 2 shows said cart or vehiclein front elevation, volume orquantity of the discharge. and Fig. 3 shows the same in rear end eleva-The objects of my invention are to simplify tion. Fig. et is a top planview of the sprin- 7o 2c the construction of the sprinkler-head andarkling-head and cut-off. Fig. 5 is a section rangement of packing forpreventing leakage taken centrally and longitudinally through when thesprinkler-head is entirely closed by Fig. Il. Fig. 6 is a section takentransversely the cap; to provide an improved cut-off dethrough thesprinkling device on line .fr m in vice for varying the dischargerelatively and Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a like view on line y y in Fig. 75 withrelation to the width of the road; to pro- 5. Fig. 8 shows the rear endportion of the Vide improved means for operating both the sprinklingdevice in Fig. o', with the laterallylaterally-apertured cap and thecut-off device, apertured cap moved back so as to establish and toarrange said means or devices for opthe flow of water. Fig. 9 is adetail showing eratingthe said cap and cut-ottdevice, whereinperspective thel devices from which the 8o 3o by they can be readily andeasily actuated by cap and cut-off are actuated. Fig. l0 shows thedriver without interfering with his attenthe sprinkling device inperspective and illustion to the team, and to further adapt said tratesa portion of the power-transmitting demeans for efficient serviceinconnection with vices or connections. Fig. ll illustrates a otherdevices for regulating the discharge rack whereby the lever II can belocked by 85 from the sprinkler-head. the driver. t

In accordance with my invention the pack- The cart or carriage A can beof any ordiing can be arranged between the edge or end nary or suitableconstruction, and the waterof the hollow sp1inkler-head and the angedtank B can be mounted thereon in any suitsleeve or ring which is screwedinto the open able or desired Way. A sprinkling device is 9o 4o end ofthe hollow head. The discharge can arranged at each side of the rear endof the be established and cutoff byalongitudinallycart or carriage,andas the two sprinkling adjustable laterally-apertured cap fitted todevicesillustrated are preferablyof relatively the hollowsprinkler-head, and thiscap can be like construction a description ofone will operated by a hollow rod or sleeve which exanswer for both. 95

tends through the hollow sprinkler head. The construction ofsprinklingdeviceshown The cutoff is arranged upon the cap and is comprises ahollow cylindric head C, suitably connected with and operated by a rodwhich supported from the vehicle-body and having extends through thesaid sleeve. Through its forward end portion connected with the ,j themedium of power-operatin g devices, heretank by a su pply-pipe l. Thedischarge from roo 5e inafter set forth, the cut-off can be adjusted thesprinkler-head C is effected through a latindependently of the cap andthe cap and erally-apertured cap D, fitted and arranged to slidelongitudinally upon the rear end portion of the sprinkler-head, aneffective arrangement being to provide the cap with perforations 2,which serve as discharge ports or outlets. By such construction the capcan be shifted back to an extent to open all or a portion of itsdischarge-openings and in alternation therewith shifted forward to anextent topermit its discharge-openings to be closed by thesprinklerhead. While the longitudinal adjustment of the cap will serveto vary the volume of the discharge and determine the thickness, so tospeak, of the sheet of spray, it is also desirable to vary the width ofsuch sheet of spray relatively to the width of the road. To such end theports or perforations in the cap can also be more or less closed oropened by a vcut-off E, arranged for adjustment in a directiontransverse to the line of longitudinal adjustment of -the cap. In thisway while the longitudinal adjustment of the cap will vary the width ofits discharge-port capacity relatively to the line of progression of thevehicle the relatively transverse adjustment of the cut-off will varythe width of such discharge-port capacity transversely to such line ofprogression; As a simple arrangement the cut-off may comprise a curvedplate itted to slide upon the cap :in directions transverse to thelength of the cap and provided with some suitable stop dev-ice, such asa spring 3, confined within a socket' in or on the plate and arranged tobear upon the cap and a set-screw 4 for varying the compression of thespring. The cut-off can be conveniently operated by the driver ofthevehicle, and to such end it is formed with or attached to a bent arm 5,arranged to swing over the rear end portion of the cap andsecured to arock-shaft 6, which extends forwardly` through the sprinkler-head. rearend of this rock-shaft extends through the closed end 7 of the cap, andone end of the arm 5 can be held upon such rear end of the-rock-'shaftby a nut 8 or other suitable securing device. To prevent leakage andalso ypermit the cut-off to be easily operated, the rod or rock-shaft 6extends through a hollow rod or sleeve F, which latter extends from theclosed end of the cap to and through the forward end of thesprinkler-head, thereby preventing exposure of the rod or rock-shaft tothe water within the sprinkler, and hence avoiding leakage. This sleevealso provides a means for longitudinally adjusting the cap, andato suchend it is arranged for longitudinal adjustment. As a desirablearrangement the longitudinally-adjustable sleeve F is at its rear endscrewed into a threaded opening through the closed end of the cap, whileits forward end portion is arranged to work through a stufling-box 9 atthe forward end ofthe sprinkler-head. The sleeve F provides a bearingfor the rock-shaft 6, which latter while adapted to turn independentlyof the sleeve for the purpose of adjusting the cutoffis also capable oflongitudinal movement Thel synchronously with the sleeve, when the latter is adjusted longitudinally for thepurpose of adjusting the cap. Thisconstruction also enables me to do away with all need for internalsupports for the sleeve and permits a simple arrangement of packingdevice herein comprising an externally-threaded ring Gf or close or varythevdisch-arge I provide at Y the forward endof the cart or carriage avibrator-y lever H, under control of the driver and connected with thelongitudinally-lmo'tr` able sleeve F by power-transmitting connections.I also provide this lever with a suppleinentaly device which isconnected with the longitndinally-movable rock-shaft 6 bylpower-transmitting connection, whereby the rock-shaft can be rockedabout its axis whenit is desired to adjust the cut-oif,=the generalarrangement being such that when the Vlever H is operated both thesleeveF and thel rock-1 shaft 6 will, move longitudinally in unison.'v Thelever H is; desirably a -footlever extend-- ing up through thefoot-board I of the-*cart or carriage and having its upper end-providedwitha rocking foot-piece or foot-rocker K, which latterfcan be operatedindependently of the foot-lever H for the purpose'of-adjusting thecut-off E.

As a simple and eflicient power-transmitting connect-ion between thelever H and the sleeve F. which fis secured to the apertured cap, theend portion of suchsleeve, which extends out from the forward end ofthesprinklerhead, is connected with a swinging arml,

pivoted to the cart or tank and hinge-con nected with said sleeve. Theswinging arm- 13 is in turn connected with a short trans-lVersely-arranged rock-shaft 14 atthe forward end of the cart by a pitmanor connectingrod 15, having its forward end connected with an arm 16onthe rock-shaft 14. The lever H is fixed upon the rock-shaft 14,andhence a forwardandback swing on the part of the lever H will, throughlthe medium of the powertransmitting mechanism described, cause thelongitudinal adjustment of the cap D;

As a means for operating the cut-off E from the treadle or foot-rocker Kthe rock-shaf-t 6, which carries the cut-off arm 5 andwhich extendsthrough the cap-operating sleeve F,- hasy its forward end extendedbeyond the forward end of sleeve Fand provided with an arm or crank 17.This arm or crank 17 is connected with a hollow rock-shaft orrock-sleeve 1S on the rod 15 by a pitman or connecting-rod 19, having atone end a sliding pivotal connec- IIO tion with the crank-arm 17 andhaving at its opposite end a rigid connection with the rear end of therocksleeve 18. The forward end of the rock-sleeve 18 carries a crank-arm20, which connects with the footrocker bya rod 21 or like connection, inwhich way, when the footrocker is operated independently of the lever H,the rock-sleeve 18 will be turned `upon rod 15 and in so doing willcause the rock-shaft 6 to have a like movement. W'hen, however, thelever H is swung either forward or back, the rock-sleeve 1S and rod 15will both move longitudinally, and the sleeve F and rock-shaft 6 willhave alike movement.

Any suitable connection can be used to permit the rock-sleeve 18 to turnindependently of rod 15, but compel it to move with such sleeve when thelatter is shifted longitudinally, and likewise any suitable connectioncan be employed to permit the rock-shaft 6 to rock independently ofthe'sleeve F, but compel it to move with such sleeve when the latter isshifted endwise, it being observed, however, that with the arrangementshown the cut-off arm 5 and hub of the crank-arm 17 provide stops orabutments at opposite ends of sleeve F and that the rock-sleeve 18 isobviously not arranged to slide on rod 15.

The devices described for adjusting the cap and cut-off can beduplicated for the other sprinkling device employed, as partiallyillustrated in FigY 2, in which the two levers H, one for cachsprinkling device, rise through slots in the foot-board and halve theirlower ends respectively secured to one and the oth er of a couple ofrock-shafts 14. lVith this arrangement the rock-shafts 14 can be madehollow and can be arranged upon a common rod placed under thefoot-board. Asa means for locking the adjusting devices the footboardcan be provided with curved racks 22, with which heel-pieces 23 on thefoot-rocker can be made to engage by properly tilting such heel-pieces.This arrangement leaves the driver free to direct the team and at thesame time permits him to readily lock and unlock the adjusting devices.

To permit the sprinkler-head to be flushed, the cap is provided with alarge port 2 and is made of such length that it can be moved back to anextent to open such port, which latter is arranged at a point betweenthe discharge-perforations and the forward end of the cap. Thesprinkler-head can therefore be ushed by suitably operating its lever H.

What I claim as my invention isl. The hollow sprinkler-head providedwith a longitudinallyadjustahle, laterallyaper lured cap for opening andclosing the discharge, and a packing conned between the sprinkler-headand a iianged ring adjustably attached to the sprinkler-head,substantially as described.

2 The hollowsprinkler-head provided with a longitudinally-adjustable,laterally-apertured cap for opening and closing and varying thedischarge, and a movable cut-off arranged exter'nal to the cap andapplied forf urther varying the discharge, substantially as described. V

3. The hollow sprinkler-head provided with an adjustable,laterally-apertured cap for opening and closing the discharge; a cut-offarranged to slide upon the cap and movable transversely to the length ofthe latter; and a swinging arm connecting the cut-off with a rock-shaftwhich extends Vthrough the head, substantially as described.

at. Asprinkling device comprising a sprinkler-head provided with alongitudinally-adjustable, laterally-apertured cap for opening andclosing the discharge; a cut-off arranged external to the said cap,andmechanism adapted and operative to effect -a relative shift on the partof the cap and cut-off for the purpose of varying the width of thespray.

5. The combination with a sprinkling device of alongitudinally-reciprocating or adjustable member for establishing andcutting off the discharge, and a rotary reciprocating cut-off connectedwith a rock-shaft which eX- tends through the sprinkler device,substantially as and for the purpose described.

6. The combination with a sprinkling device of alongitudinally-reciprocating member for establishing and cutting off thedischarge, and a rotary cut-off adapted and ar ranged to vary the widthof the spray.

7. In a sprinkling device, the combination A of a rod and sleevearranged to extend through the sprinkler-head and one of which isconnected with the means for establishing and cutting off the dischargeand the other of which is connected with the means for varying the widthof the spray; means for shifting the rod and sleeve in unison for thepurpose of establishing or cutting off the discharge;

and means for effecting a relative shift on the part of the rod andsleeve for the purpose of varying the width of the spray. 1

8. In a sprinkling device, a couple of discharge-controlling membersshift-able inunison for the purpose of establishing or cutting off thedischarge, and shiftable relatively for the purpose of varying the widthof the spray; and a rod and sleeve suitably connected with said members,and by which the latter are shifted for the purpose of regulating thedischarge. 9. In a sprinkling device, a couple of discharge-controllingmembers which are shiftable longitudinally and in unison for the purposeof establishing and cutting off the discharge, and which are shiftablerelatively and transversely for the purpose of varying the width of thespray; and a rod and rock-sleeve which are suitably connected with thesaid members, and by which the latter are shifted for thev purpose ofregulating the discharge.

10. The combination with the hollow sprinkler-head, and thelaterally-apertured, adjustable cap, of a longitudinally-movable sleeveextending through the head and secured to the cap; an externallyarrangedcut-off for IOO IIO

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anda rocker on said lever connected with the cnt-ofiby powertransmittingmechanism as a means for operating such cutoff, substantially asdescribed.

12. The combination of a lever H provided with a rocker, of arock-sleeve connected with and operated by the rocker; a connecting-rodextending throughthe sleeve and connected with said lever; and asprinkling device comprising a sprinkler-head,a laterally-apertured cap,a sleeve connected with the cap and'also connected with saidconnecting-rodea cut-off for varying the discharge, andra rodextendingthrough the sleeve which-is attached to the cap andrconnectedwithsaid-rock-sleeve, substantially as described.,-

13. The combination with a sprinklingdevice havingadjustable members forcontrol# ling the discharge, vof operating means comprising a lever foroperating one member and a rocker on said lever for operating anothermember, and a rack with which the-rocker can be caused to engage,substantiallyasdescribed.y

JAY B. RHODES.v Witnesses:

J. E. BROWN, D. RKOHN.

